Study shows surgical face masks provide good protection against aerosols, while plastic face shields provide no protection

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/esoc-sss062221.php

 

News Release 23-Jun-2021
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

 

**Note this is a special early release from the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2021). Please credit the conference if you use this story*

New research presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), held online this year (9-12 July), shows that wearing a surgical face mask can provide similar protection against aerosols as wearing a respirator. Face shields, however, provide little or no protection.


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